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2017

FOX 32 Chicago, July 27, 2017: Antonio Romanucci Shares why CPD Officer Should be Off the Streets.
Chicago police misconduct attorney, Antonio Romanucci talks to FOX News about Chicago Police Department officer Patrick Kelly who was finally pulled off the streets this week. Kelly, who has faced a long history of complaints including an off-duty shooting incident involving Romanucci & Blandin client, Michael LaPorta and using a taser on a pregnant woman, was placed on desk duty. In discussing the LaPorta case Romanucci said, “Patrick Kelly should not have had a badge, he should not have had a license to carry a weapon. There is no doubt that had the city done its job he would have not been in possession of that gun, which lead to the shooting.” Lawsuits against Kelly have already cost the city $1.2 million in settlements and verdicts.

NBC 5 Chicago, May 17, 2017: NBC Chicago Uncovers how Backpage.com Facilitates and Profits from Child Sex Trafficking
NBC 5 Chicago shares how Backpage.com is named as a defendant in a civil complaint filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, IL by personal injury law firm, Romanucci & Blandin. Chicago attorneys Gina Arquilla DeBoni and Bhavani Raveendran of Romanucci & Blandin represent the mother of Desiree Robinson, a 16-year-old girl who was featured in solicitation posts on backpage.com and was brutally murdered in a Markham garage on Christmas Eve 2016. The website backpage.com is regarded by the Cook County Sheriff’s Anti-Trafficking Task Force as a vehicle for pimps to manipulate young people for money and is the subject of a number of investigations around the country for alleged sex trafficking activities. NBC Chicago explores how Romanucci & Blandin is working with Desiree’s family to make sure Backpage.com can no longer create an online marketplace to profit from the sex trafficking of children.

Chicago personal injury attorneys Gina Arquilla DeBoni and Bhavani Raveendran talk to Univision Chicago about Romanucci & Blandin’s recent filing of a lawsuit against the popular website, Backpage.com. The civil complaint which claims the website and others knowingly created an online marketplace to profit from the sex trafficking of children, coached sex traffickers how to develop ads so they can avoid detection by law enforcement, and profited from this activity states that Backpage.com knows that its website facilitates child sex trafficking and facilitates this activity, including concealing evidence of criminality by systematically editing its adult ads for minors. Romanucci & Blandin represents the family of Desiree Robinson, a 16-year-old girl who was murdered in a Markham garage on Christmas Eve 2016. The events that led to Robinson’s death took place because she had become a victim of sex trafficking and was featured in solicitation posts on backpage.com. Univision spoke with the attorneys involved as well as Yvonne Robinson, the mother of Desiree.

FOX 32 Chicago, March 23, 2017: Attorney Antonio Romanucci Discusses Pulse Lawsuit Filing on FOX Chicago
Personal Injury attorney, Antonio Romanucci, Partner at Romanucci & Blandin in Chicago discusses the filing of a lawsuit on behalf of dozens of survivors and families of victims of last year’s horrific Pulse nightclub tragedy. Romanucci spoke on Good Day Chicago about how the worst shooting massacre could have been prevented by the shooter’s employer and his wife, who were aware of his mental instability and deliberate commission to commit acts of violence – and did nothing. G4S Secure Solutions, based in Jupiter, Florida, had knowledge of the shooter, Omar Mateen’s mental instability and intent to harm prior to the event. The company maintained its stance that Mateen was psychologically sound and fit to carry a firearm on the job as a security agent. Despite his troubling statements to co-workers, the company failed to comply with its own internal protocol to report changes in his mental health and seize his weapon. The mental health validation issued by his employer was reviewed by Florida officials before Mateen purchased the weapons used in the Pulse nightclub tragedy.

CBS This Morning, March 22, 2017: Antonio Romanucci discusses Pulse Nightclub Lawsuit on CBS This Morning
Dozens of survivors and families of victims have filed a legal complaint claiming there is evidence that the horrific Pulse nightclub massacre could have been prevented by the shooter’s employer, G4S PLC, the world’s largest security company, headquartered in Britain, and its U.S. subsidiary, G4S Secure Solutions, based in Jupiter, Florida, and his wife, who were aware of his mental instability and deliberate commission to commit acts of violence – and did nothing. Antonio Romanucci, Principal and Partner at Romanucci & Blandin, shared details on CBS This Morning.
WGN-TV Chicago, February 7, 2017: Attorney Gina DeBoni Addresses the Real Dangers of Online Sex Trafficking
Chicago attorney Gina Arquilla DeBoni, Managing Attorney from Romanucci & Blandin speaks to the very real dangers our young women and children are facing from online sex traffickers. DeBoni and the firm are representing the family of Desiree Robinson, a young girl who was brutally murdered last Christmas eve. Desiree had been featured in a post on Backpage.com and is believed to have fallen victim to sex trafficking.

NBC 5 Chicago, February 1, 2017: Lake Zurich H.S. Football Players File Lawsuit After Hazing Scandal
Chicago attorney Antonio Romanucci of Romanucci & Blandin announces the filing of a lawsuit on behalf of the parents of two Lake Zurich High School students who fell victim to the abuses of bullying and hazing taking place on the school’s football team in Lake Zurich, Illinois. NBC 5 Chicago reports on the egregious events that were taking place in the football team locker room and the team coaches who ignored school policies and principles against hazing and bullying.

FOX 32, January 16, 2017: Romanucci & Blandin Attorney, Antonio Romanucci Addresses what Victims of Police Misconduct can do Following the DOJ’s Scathing Report on the Chicago Police Department

Chicago personal injury and civil rights attorney, Antonio Romanucci spoke on-air at FOX 32 Chicago following the U.S. Department of Justice’s release of a 161-page report last week. The report’s findings detail a year-long probe into the highly contentious Chicago Police Department (CPD). Federal investigators determined what Romanucci has heard from clients for years – That the CPD has routinely violated the constitutional rights of citizens in numerous ways, such as using excessive force, permitting racially discriminatory conduct and shooting individuals who posed no immediate threats. As an experienced attorney in the field of police misconduct, Romanucci was able to discuss the legal implications of the Department of Justice’s findings and share what people can do if they have been mistreated by police.

FOX 32, January 12, 2017: Chicago Attorney Reacts to Resignations from Lake Zurich High School Football Team Leadership

Chicago civil rights attorney Antonio Romanucci of Romanucci & Blandin, LLC shares his concern with FOX 32 over the pending resignation requests announced this week for Lake Zurich High School’s dean and assistant football coach Chad Beaver, and athletic director Rolando Vasquez. He stresses how the resignations have only heightened his concern as to what exactly has been taking place in the Lake Zurich High School football team’s locker room. Since the news of “egregious”, “inappropriate” and “widespread” behavior taking place on the Lake Zurich football team broke, Romanucci and his team have been working to investigate the matter.

Leading Chicago civil rights attorney Stephan Blandin, Principal and Partner at Romanucci & Blandin, LLC, addresses the egregious acts committed by a group of four African American teenagers on a white special-needs teen that was streamed on Facebook Live. Each have each been charged with a hate crime, felony aggravated kidnapping, aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Blandin discusses with FOX Chicago why these horrific acts are considered a hate crime and the implications moving forward on both a local and national level.

2016

FOX 32, November 17, 2016: Antonio Romanucci shares Concern over Lake Zurich High School Abuse and Hazing on FOX News

Chicago attorney, Antonio Romanucci who is representing a victim of the abuse and hazing that took place on the football team at Lake Zurich High School in Lake Zurich, Illinois, spoke with FOX 32 about the latest developments, stressing that child safety should come before anything else. Romanucci has called many times before for stronger laws, rules and regulations that govern activities like bullying and hazing. He was integral in the efforts to pass Illinois House Bill 1443 in August of 2013 with Illinois State Representative Martin J. Moylan which in-short, holds school officials accountable for failure to report incidents of hazing.

Cleveland 19, November 6, 2016: Chicago Cubs Fan Assaulted Following World Series Win

Alan Anderson, a Cubs fan who was celebrating in Cleveland following his team, the Chicago Cub’s historic win, was knocked unconscious by what appeared to be an Indians fan. The assault was captured on a cellphone video that went viral. Anderson’s attorney, Antonio Romanucci of Romanucci & Blandin, a law firm in Chicago, spoke with CBS News to clear up the misinformation that’s been circulating about the assault. “He was being peaceful. He was not the aggressor,” said Romanucci in a Face time interview.

Police misconduct attorney, Antonio Romanucci of Romanucci & Blandin, and a St. Louis mother are demanding answers after News 4 shared a photo that appears to show a police officer posing with the dead body of her son. The officer from the North County Police Cooperative is wearing gloves, holding onto the arm of the body and giving a thumbs up. Romanucci called the photo: “hideous.”

“I have seen thousands and thousands of forensic photographs, I have never seen a staged photograph of an officer next to a deceased body,” Romanucci added.

FOX 32, August 5, 2016: Antonio Romanucci Discusses Paul O’Neal Police Shooting Video on FOX Chicago
Chicago police misconduct attorney, and national counsel for cases around the country, Antonio M. Romanucci of Romanucci & Blandin, LLC joined FOX Chicago to discuss the shooting of 18 year-old African-American male Paul O’Neal by Chicago Police Department officers. Romanucci brings light to the number of distinct errors made by the officers during the car chase and shortly thereafter, including having a gun drawn while still in the police vehicle.

CLTV, August 5, 2016: Police Misconduct Attorney Analyzes Deadly Chicago Police Shooting on CLTV
Antonio M. Romanucci, a Chicago based attorney specializing in police misconduct, appears on CLTV to analyze the fatal police shooting of Paul O’Neal. Three Chicago police officers have been relieved of their police powers after the police body cam videos showing the shooting death of O’Neal, an unarmed, African-American male were released. Romanucci points out the many errors made by the Chicago Police Department officers during the pursuit of O’Neal which are evident in the video footage.

ABC 7, July 31, 2016: Chicago Police Misconduct Attorney Discusses National Epidemic
Recent police involved shooting deaths have sparked outrage and protests across our nation. Chicago police misconduct attorney, and national counsel for cases around the country, Antonio M. Romanucci of Romanucci & Blandin, LLC joined ABC 7 to talk about police shootings and the national epidemic of violence facing the U.S.

CBS, June 30, 2016: Police misconduct attorney Antonio Romanucci asks why City of Chicago failed to turn over documents
Attorney Antonio Romanucci talks to CBS 2 investigator Dave Savini as to why a federal judge has threatened the City of Chicago with sanctions after learning that Chicago Police Department Officer Patrick Kelly was involved in yet another fatal on-duty shooting which lawyers suing Kelly for misconduct, including himself, were never made aware of. Read more here

Antonio Romanucci Provides Insight on Chicago Police Shootings

Published on July 12, 2016 by WHDT World News

Romanucci & Blandin’s Antonio Romanucci discusses the tragic, high-profile shootings of black men in Louisiana in Minnesota as well as police officers in Dallas – all of which took place in one week. Romanucci shares his thoughts on how this is a critically important time in our nation on WHDT – World News.

A Day’s Work – Documentary Highlights Dangerous Working Conditions for Temps

Published in Chicago Workers’ Collaborative

90 minutes before he was killed on his first day of work as a temporary employee, 21-year-old Day Davis texted a picture of himself to his girlfriend, excited for their future. Now Day’s sister, 17-year-old Antonia, searches for answers. An investigation reveals the troubling issues that led to Day’s death and how the $100 billion temporary staffing industry is putting millions of American workers at risk. Romanucci & Blandin supports the Chicago Workers’ Collaborative which champions uniting low-wage and temporary workers to bring down barriers for full employment and equality.

Antonio Romanucci Provides Insight on Chicago Police Shootings

Published on Jan 19, 2016

Romanucci & Blandin’s Antonio Romanucci discusses the pattern of shootings by Chicago police officers, video of the fatal shooting of black teen Cedrick Chatman and what is needed to reform the Chicago Police Department on CLTV’s Politics Tonight.

2015

Antonio Romanucci Provides Commentary on the Laquan McDonald Video

Published on Nov 30, 2015

Romanucci & Blandin’s Antonio M. Romanucci is interviewed by CLTV in response to the Laquan McDonald case and the patterns between similar shootings by officers of the Chicago Police Department.

Romanucci & Blandin’s Stephan D. Blandin comments on the numerous safety violations at Chicago’s Parkway Gardens in a report by Dave Savini as part of CBS Chicago’s investigation into the apartment complex. The story was prompted by a sixth story fall by a 4-year-old resident who miraculously survived and is recuperating from his injuries.

Antonio Romanucci of Romanucci & Blandin, LLC comments on the stop and frisk civil class action lawsuit and the landmark agreement by the Chicago Police Department and the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois regarding monitoring how officers go about conducting street stops.